# AI Sidebar · Pro

The workspace sidebar of an AI app: search, new chat, starred and recent chats, projects that open like folders, rename on double click, and a spring collapse to an icon rail.

This is a Charcoal UI Pro component. Its source and examples are available with a Pro seat: https://charcoalui.com/pricing

## With a Pro seat

1. Add the registry to components.json:

```json
{
  "registries": {
    "@charcoal": {
      "url": "https://charcoalui.com/r/{name}.json",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${CHARCOAL_LICENSE_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

2. Copy your licence key from https://charcoalui.com/dashboard and put it in .env.local as CHARCOAL_LICENSE_KEY, then:

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/ai-sidebar
```

To read Pro source through this MCP server, reconnect it with the header "Authorization: Bearer <licence key>".

## API — AI Sidebar
| Prop | Type | Default | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `projects` | `{ id; name; chats: { id; title; starred? }[] }[]` | — |  |
| `recent` | `{ id; title; starred? }[]` | — |  |
| `activeId` | `string` | — |  |
| `onSelect` | `(id: string) => void` | — |  |
| `onNewChat` | `() => void` | — |  |
| `defaultCollapsed` | `boolean` | `false` |  |

See it live: https://charcoalui.com/docs/components/ai-sidebar